After avidly watching all the innovations dreamed up by 2021 America’s Cup sail designers, Quantum’s Carter Cameron is bringing the twin-skinned mainsail back to the Snipe Class—and improving it further, of course. “Soon as the America’s Cup ended, I pinged all my friends who knew anything about that main,” the sailmaker told us in an exclusive interview for SnipeToday. “By…
In a surprising response to poor compliance with the centerboard restraint rule, the SCIRA rules committee has come to a fresh conclusion: Daggerboards may no longer be raised while going…
Hard chines and unasked questions…
by Carol Cronin (from her blog “Where Books Meet Boats”) If the past two years have taught us anything, it’s a deep appreciation for traditions we…
by Carol Cronin (from her blog “Carol Newman Cronin – Where Books Meet Boats “ and from Seahorse Magazine) When I sat down with Augie in…
by Carol Cronin (from her blog: Carol Cronin Newman, Author, Editor, Olympian) September 2021 was a busy and successful month of competitive sailing. In just three weeks,…
I’ll just come right out and say it: I’m very proud that Kim Couranz and I tied for third with Augie Diaz/Barbie Brotons at the generally windy 2021…
When I heard George Szabo was coming east (again) to do a clinic at Cottage Park Yacht Club (host for the 2021 Western Hemisphere and Orient Championship, and only…
(Photo courtesy of Ted Morgan) By Carol Cronin (from Carol Newman Cronin – Author, Editor, Olympian) Everyone thinks they want answers. But I’ve learned to value…
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE The Snipe Crew Union has been around since long before Briggs invented the Cunningham, but it’s always been a relatively…
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE Following a long class tradition of taking the latest America’s Cup technology and improving on it, the Snipe Class recently…
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE Tired of your crew taking a break from that max hiking position halfway up the beat? Buy them a pair…
To overcome life’s many hurdles, I recommend befriending a supercrew like Kim Couranz or the oh-so-wise Connie Commette. Photo: Taylor Scheuermann by Carol Cronin (Published on Carol…
By Carol Cronin (photo courtesy of Fried Elliott) John Gatewood asked us the following rigging question a few months ago, and now that the sailing season is winding down we…
by Carol Cronin (from her blog: Carol Newman Cronin, Author, Editor, Olympian) Two decades ago, Paul and I had to return a borrowed Snipe to Mystic…